Improvement in slate-frames



GERGE C. SMITH.

Slate-Frame..

NO. 128,256'. v Y Patented June 25,1872.;

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIOE.

GEORGE O. SMITH, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TOW. A. L. KIRK, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLATE-FRAM ES.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 128,266, dated June 25,1872.

Specification describing a certain Improvement in Slates, invented byGEORGE C. SMITH,

' pivoted at the other end in a groove in the frame of the slate, intowhich groove the holder is folded to retain the pencil.

Figure 1 is a plan view of an ordinary slate having my holder attachedto it. Fig. 2 is a section on line .fr a: of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on line y y of Fig. 1.

The same lettersof reference are used in both figures in the designationof identical parts.

My pencil-holder, A, is made of sheet metal, and of a rectangular form,in cross-section, so that when folded into the groove a, formed in oneside or edge of the frame, its outer surface :may be flush with theframe. The holder is pivoted at one end in said groove, and its otherend, which is open, is cut olf obliquely, as clearly illustrated in Fig.2, leaving the upper side the longest. The end of the groove is ofcorresponding form; but the tubular holder is so arranged in the grooveas to cause the extreme outer end of its upper longest side to lap overthe edge of the groove, and thus aiford the facility for inserting aknife-blade or the nail of a finger under it for the purpose of turningthe holder outward to abstract or insert the slate-pencil. The groove inthe frame of the slate is made a very little narrower than the holder,so that the latter, when folded into the groove, will be held therein bythe friction of the sides of the groove upon it. Y

I :un aware that it is not new, broadly, to combine a slate-pencilholder with a slate, and therefore limit my claim to the specificconstruction and arrangement of the parts shown and hereinbeforedescribed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The holderA,pivoted at one end in a groove,

i a, in the frame of a slate, and cut off obliquely at the other end, asshown, so that the extreme end of its outer side may lap over the edgeof the groove, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonywhereof I have signed myname to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. C. SMITH.

Witnesses P. KILLIN, S. TOLBERT.

